| • references | |
| Yorou NS, Agerer R, Raidl S (2008) Afzeliaerhiza beninensis + Afzelia africana Smith. Descr Ectomyc 11/12: 1-8 | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 7 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • ramification presence-type | |
| monopodial-pinnate [irregular] | |
| or | monopodial-pyramidal [irregular] |
| • ramification orders | |
| 1 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 2 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • main axis diameter | |
| 0.4 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 0.8 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • rhizomorphs as stout, short, conical structures presence-abundance | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs as short mycorrhiza-like outgrowths with blunt tips presence | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs presence | |
| present | |
| • rhizomorphs frequency | |
| abundant | |
| • exploration type | |
| medium distance smooth | |
| • mantle hydrophobicity presence | |
| absent | |
| • shape | |
| bent | |
| or | tortuous |
| • shape {of distal end} | |
| not inflated, cylindric | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 3 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • diameter | |
| 0.3 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 0.5 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • colour | |
| black [light brown] | |
| or | brown |
| • older parts colour | |
| dark brown | |
| or | brown |
| • mantle cortical cells visibility | |
| not visible | |
| • mantle {distinct} surface visibility | |
| present | |
| • mantle transparency | |
| not transparent | |
| • mantle laticifers visibility | |
| absent | |
| • mantle secreted latex {after scratching mantle} presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle dots presence-colour | |
| absent | |
| • mantle carbonizing presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle surface {in general} habit | |
| not smooth | |
| • mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
| loosely cottony | |
| • emanating hyphae presence | |
| present | |
| • emanating hyphae abundance | |
| abundant | |
| • diameter | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 0.2 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • cross-section shape | |
| round or roundish | |
| • colour | |
| brown | |
| • ramification kind-frequency | |
| frequently, at restricted points | |
| • connection to mantle kind | |
| distinct | |
| or | fan-like [distinct to fan-like] |
| • origin location | |
| proximal [often] | |
| • margin habit | |
| smooth | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • emanating elements presence-type | |
| rhizomorphs | |
| or | emanating hyphae |
| • crystals presence | |
| absent | |
| • blue granules presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • completeness | |
| complete | |
| • matrix presence | |
| present | |
| • matrix location | |
| mantle surface | |
| or | outer mantle layer {apart from tip} |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous with a distinct hyphal net | |
| • mantle type | |
| gelatinous matrix between the hyphae (type C) | |
| • hyphal net cells shape | |
| not specialized | |
| • hyphal net cells diameter | |
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 8 µm | Maximum value |
| • hyphal net cell walls habit | |
| faint, delicate, inconspicuous, rather thin | |
| • hyphal net clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • clavate end cell cover presence | |
| absent | |
| • matrix kind | |
| gelatinous | |
| • hyphal system kind | |
| undifferentiated | |
| • hyphae short protrusions presence | |
| absent | |
| • hyphae sticky matrix on hyphal surface presence | |
| present | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • septa clamps abundance | |
| infrequent | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| membranaceously yellowish | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 4.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 0.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| and | with many soil particles |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • roundish plasmatically yellow cells presence | |
| absent | |
| • pigment granula on surface presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • organisation | |
| pseudoparenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| plectenchymatous, without pattern | |
| • cell shape | |
| polygonal [occasionally] | |
| or | roundish [irregular] |
| or | epidermoid [irregular] |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| membranaceously yellowish | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 3.5 µm | Minimum value |
| 5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 8 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 9 µm | Maximum value |
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 0.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| with broad streaks of parallel hyphae | |
| • hyphae vessel-like presence | |
| absent | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| membranaceously yellowish | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 4 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 8 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • cell length | |
| 10 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 20 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 30 µm | Maximum value |
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} organisation | |
| like other parts of mantle [inner mantle not with hyphae arranged in parallel] | |
| • mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
| 20 µm | Minimum value |
| 35 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 40 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 50 µm | Maximum value |
| • mantle thickness {at ectomycorrhizal tip} | |
| 20 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 30 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| discernable | |
| • outer mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • outer mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • middle mantle layer presence | |
| absent | |
| • inner mantle layer organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • inner mantle layer hyphae tangentially length | |
| 5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 30 µm | Maximum value |
| • inner mantle layer hyphae radially diameter | |
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 8 µm | Maximum value |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| tangentially-oval to -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented in parallel to root axis | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 25 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 40 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 50 µm | Maximum value |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 10 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 20 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| periepidermal | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal cells around cortical cells (epidermal) thickness | |
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| 5 µm | Maximum value |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section hyphal rows around cortical (epidermal) cells number | |
| one | |
| or | two |
| • shape | |
| not striking | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| or | membranaceously yellowish |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • abundance | |
| infrequent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell diameter | |
| 3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 3.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell wall thickness | |
| 0.2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 0.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • type | |
| undifferentiated; margins rather smooth; hyphae compactly arranged and of uniform diameter (type B) |
|
| or | slightly differentiated; central hyphae somewhat enlarged (type C) |
| • nodia presence | |
| present | |
| • internal nodia presence | |
| absent | |
| • gelatinous matrix presence | |
| present | |
| • gelatinized hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • hyphae distinctly different diameter | |
| absent | |
| • conical young side-branches presence | |
| present | |
| • a "ball" of intertwined, ramified, thin hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| on central and peripheral hyphae | |
| • ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • roundish plasmatically yellow cells presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs ladder-like hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
| absent | |
| • {of foreign origin} presence | |
| absent | |
| • geographic occurrence continent | |
| Africa | |
| • plant family | |
| Caesalpiniaceae | |
| • plant genus | |
| Afzelia | |
| • plant habitat kind | |
| forests, woods | |
| • family | |
| Thelephoraceae ss. Stalpers. excl. Tylospora | |